Jan

Legion: Review

By admin

Take 5 or 6 people, mix up age, gender and race, put them in a diner in the middle of nowhere (the Arizona or Nevada desert) and have them face off with an unspeakable horror…oh and make sure to stack the odds against said people. Seen this before…? YES, of course you have, dozens of times, so have I but this is basically what the film “Legion” is about.

What makes this film stand out from the rest though is the performances, action and the tone of this movie…did I mention the action? For one, there’s not enough, too many unnecessary lulls for this type of high end B-movie. This is not a dis’ to the film but an honest assessment, personally I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it highly to fans of B movie entertainment…everyone else, meh. The special effects are good, not cheesily done at all. There are some solid performances by the main cast with Paul Bettany as the angel Michael, Lucas Black as “Jeep” Hanson, Tyrese Gibson as Kyle Williams, Charles Dutton as Percy Walker and Adrianne Palicki as Charlie.

The story goes like this, God has given the angels the order to wipe out humanity because he feels he made a mistake. Lone angel general Michael defies this order and tries to save humanity at the cost of fighting his brethren whom have arrived to start the “cleansing”. The only hope for the survival of humanity lies within a pregnant waitress named Charlie who doesn’t really want the kid in the first place…ohh the drama. With hundreds of possessed people outside surrounding the diner, a crazy ceiling crawling, foul mouthed possessed old lady, angel-on-angel fights & biblical references, what more could you want?
After all is said and done I’d give it about a 7,don’t rush out ,but try not to miss it, definitely see it on DVD. Not the greatest writing and a director/editor that needs a lesson in pacing slow the movie down a bit. Don’t get me wrong, it was very entertaining but I also knew what to expect going in.

Rating: (7/10)